Ukraine war may be over...but the money laundering isn't
Seymour Hersh reports in New Zealand's Daily Telegraph
Zelensky and team stole at least $400 million of US aid – Seymour Hersh
Corruption in Ukraine may be on par with what was seen in Afghanistan, the investigative journalist claimed.
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky and his senior officials are skimming American taxpayer dollars by the hundreds of millions, investigative journalist Seymour Hersh claimed on Wednesday. The alleged grift even includes schemes involving trade with Russia itself.
Zelensky and his entourage embezzled at least $400 million from US funds meant for diesel procurement last year, Hersh claimed in a new article on Substack, citing a CIA estimate.
Kiev has allegedly been buying diesel fuel, which is essential for the war effort, from Russia itself – and in the process skimming large sums of US funds earmarked for diesel payments.
Reports had earlier surfaced about how oil products originating in Russia had made their way to Ukraine through Bulgaria and Latvia. The scheme involving the Baltic state, which was reported in detail by the Latvian television program Neka Personiga, may have violated the EU’s anti-Russian sanctions.
An expert cited by Hersh compared the level of corruption in Ukrainian procurement to what was seen in Afghanistan, when a US-backed government was in charge in Kabul. According to his sources, ministries in Kiev compete to set up front firms in order to export weapons and ammunition, with the relevant officials profiting from kickbacks. The US government, meanwhile, has stated that it has seen no evidence of Western-supplied weapons in Ukraine being diverted elsewhere.
Hersh cited an intelligence source who referred to the January meeting between Zelensky and CIA Director William Burns. The US official allegedly presented a list of 35 generals and ministers known to the CIA to be corrupt. Senior Ukrainian officials also complained that Zelensky “was taking a larger share of the skim money than was going to the generals,” the source explained, comparing the meeting to a scene from a 1950s mob movie.
Hersh contends that the Ukrainian leader’s response was to fire staff from the Cabinet of Ministers, regional administrations, and other parts of the Ukrainian government. Kiev claimed the move was part of its anti-corruption strategy. Defense Minister Aleksey Reznikov, who became mired in a scandal over purchases of overpriced food for troops, was widely expected to be sacked at the time, but he survived the purge.
Hersh’s sources blamed Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan for the ongoing crisis in the US government, which allegedly suffers from discord between the White House and intelligence community. The two top foreign policy officials have shown “strident ideology and lack of political skill” over the Ukraine conflict, according to the sources.—New Zealand Daily Telegraph
NATO SUPPORTS UKRAINE
GRIFTERS IN US GOVT
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TULSI GABBARD on Jack Teixeira
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JOE BIDEN’S SCHEDULE
MEF NARRATIVE CONTEXTS FOR CONSIDERATION
MEF sounds like a spinoff of a WEF program: Climate change as a persuasive eco-financial tool of the Global Oligarchy and Technocratic agenda.
MEF origins:
The Forum, launched in 2009 by US President Barack Obama, is aimed at facilitating candid dialogue among major emitting countries, both developed and developing, to garner the political leadership needed to advance efforts against climate change. The 17 major economies participating are: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, the EU, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russian Federation, South Africa, the UK and the US.”
2023—April 20th
“The Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate (MEF) will convene to galvanize actions that will strengthen energy security, enhance the resilience of global food security, and tackle the climate crisis.
This meeting of the Forum is being convened by US President Joe Biden and will provide an opportunity for world leaders to raise ambition and join new efforts and initiatives aimed at tackling the climate crisis while advancing energy security and food security, including the Global Methane Pledge Energy Pathway, a collective 2030 goal for zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs), the Green Shipping Challenge, the Clean Energy Technologies Demonstration Challenge, as well as efforts to enhance food security.
The major economies that compose the MEF together account for roughly 80% of global gross domestic product (GDP) and global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.”
—https://sdg.iisd.org/events/major-economies-forum-on-energy-and-climate-5/
Attacks on the food chain?
18,000 cows killed in explosion, fire at Texas dairy farm may be largest cattle killing ever
“After subduing the fire at the west Texas dairy farm Monday evening, officials were stunned at the scale of livestock death left behind: 18,000 head of cattle perished in the fire at the South Fork Dairy farm near Dimmitt, Texas – or about 20% of the cattle slaughtered in America on any given day.”—https://news.yahoo.com/18-000-cows-killed-explosion-013001077.html
